A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

So Member Desk is a virtual and yet it can also be physical, literally sitting in the front of the co- working space inexpensive way to do that for pretty much any organization. Jason: Because you said premium digital media, so I didn’t get selling music out of that. ” or just retweet this one ). Jason: Right.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

At this year’s FUND Conference in Chicago, Illinois, over 100 startups presented their early-stage companies in front of hundreds of investors and industry leaders. The Happenstance app shares geolocated and little-known mini-podcasts about Chicago! Today The Startup Magazine features a Top 3 Exhibitor winner, Happenstance.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

That evening, there will be a casual talk followed by a book signing at Town Hall Seattle (co-sponsored with Lean Startup Seattle). Series media sponsorship provided by PubliCola. Mostly, I'll be doing media and interviews, followed by a reception at IDEO. Co-sponsored by the Rock Center & the Harvard innovation lab.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Why Finding Technical Cofounders Is Hard – [link]. 10 Insights From SocialDevCamp Chicago – [link]. 5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches – [link].

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

Our co-host for the program was TiE Midwest, based in Chicago. Jobseekers, therefore, need help cleaning up their social media profiles so that objectionable material does not find its way to these background check scenarios, disrupting their chances of getting hired. You can register for the next roundtable here.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

He built & IPOd Demand Media. Is it any surprise to see Zulily in Seattle, Wayfair in Boston, ExactTarget in Indianapolis, TrueCar in Los Angeles, GroupOn in Chicago or BuzzFeed in NYC? These are industries that start to open up new commercial zones like Cincinnati (home to P&G & Kroger) and Chicago.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

This is possibly the most visible metric in social media, but many of those followers are inactive or even inhuman robots. For businesses, you can show off those marketing metrics with social media widgets. Andy Crestodina is the Co-Founder of Orbit Media Studios , a web development company in Chicago.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Booth has announced a course called Building Interet Strartups: Risk, Reward, and Failure and it is being taught by two of Groupon’s co-founders. Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell, the Chicago-based cofounders of the social coupon website, Groupon, turned down an offer from Google in early December.

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Austin Startup

MAY 10, 2021

Experienced growth-stage executive joins Hologram to continue its rapid growth CHICAGO and AUSTIN, TEXAS ? —? His emphasis on a customer-centric approach to product was a natural fit for us,” said Ben Forgan, co-founder and CEO of Hologram. “He Join Hologram on social media at Twitter here , Facebook here , and LinkedIn here.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2014

Kathryn has been the founding VP of Marketing of Oracle , a successful recruiter, a world class Venture Capitalist, a co-founder of a Venture Capital firm, a great board member, one of my mentors and most importantly a wonderful friend. Or one of the first women co-founders of a VC firm – “I co-founded a great firm.”

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

M&A experience (Morgan Stanley and later co-headed M&A for Barry Diller at IAC). Wonderful human being who is civically engaged, mother of 3, mentorer of younger founders, hard worker and arguer extraordinaire (so says her current Twitter bio). billion IPO), Envestnet (Chicago, $1.25

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 12, 2019

Being a co-founder of a real estate investment company allows me to set my own objectives, determine my work hours, and reap the rewards of my actions. Thanks to Dave Munson, Saddleback Leather Co. ! #16- Thanks to Katie Horgan, Giving Assistant ! #2- 2- Lot’s of fun. Photo Credit: Alex Romanov. 16- Freedom to think BIG.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Michael Smith, leader of the Social Innovation team at the Case Foundation , introduced the Foundation as a non-profit started in 1997 by Steve Case (AOL co-founder) and his wife, Jean Case. We wanted to educated nonprofits about the importance of social media. We wanted to direct some of that energy. Did this again in 08-09.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

I graduated high school at seventeen, couldn’t legally drink at my college graduation, and launched my company before I could rent a car without a co-signer. It’s easy to be intimidated by established companies with decades of experience, especially when the founders are twenty years your senior. For more, visit www.KayePublicity.com.

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www.huffingtonpost.com

MAY 10, 2011

I was lucky to sign on as advisor and investor the founder of a very high-profile consumer Internet site who happens to also be a former engineer, who I will call Richard. The first thing I did was to find an advisor who I could trust.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

Thanks to Tom La Vecchia, X Factor Media ! #2 By this time, Erin had already spent 4 years in operations at a startup that was in skyrocket growth mode, so she knew her knowledge in scaling operations was as valuable as this idea; she became my co-founder. Thanks to Katie Wagner, Katie Wagner Social Media ! #9

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Dan is the Co-founder and president of Podcast Movement, the world’s largest conference and trade show for the podcast industry. He is a CPA and was formerly the Business Manager and Director of Live Events for Midroll Media. He is a CPA and was formerly the Business Manager and Director of Live Events for Midroll Media.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

This is precisely why MakeSpace is growing so rapidly in its core markets: New York, Chicago and Washington DC where they can literally come and pick up your furniture and move it away and you never had to visit a facility and they do this at a cheaper price than incumbents by centralizing the location and thus having cheaper infrastructure costs.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2017

It was late 2006 and I was serving old media as a national editor at an entertainment industry trade publication, plus freelancing for an alt-weekly and writing a book. We’re a small but growing media company with a distinct niche. Thanks to Vicky Llerena, Social Vibes Media ! #13- Thanks to Mary Black, Aging Youthful ! #3-

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The Next Web

JUNE 20, 2015

It was August 2013 when my co-founder at SportsManias called to tell me that we had raised $1 million in angel funding. I was a second-year in college on my way to the library at the University of Chicago; she was back in Miami, where our company is based. Mom,” I said. That’s great news!”. Resistance. Mom, you’re crazy.

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www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

As an instant-messaging and social media service, Meebo never really had trouble finding and attracting talent. Ive done a lot of placing people into positions, and I have never used a job board as a way to do that," says Rich Sloan , co-founder of StartupNation. Wed say, "Hey, were going to be in Chicago.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 23, 2015

Here are a few examples of keywords: Short-tail keywords – Marketing, SEO, Social Media, Content Creation (usually one or two words, not very targeted). 3) Co-create content with other authorities in your niche market. 2) Don’t write content for the search engines.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Dan is the Co-founder and president of Podcast Movement, the world’s largest conference and trade show for the podcast industry. He is a CPA and was formerly the Business Manager and Director of Live Events for Midroll Media. You become a member of the media. Key Takeaway: It seems like everyone today has a podcast.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 29, 2018

It inspired an on-the-spot brainstorm for a slew of D/I presentations at SXSW 2019 such as the straightforward: “Hey White Guys, You’re Invited,” or “Start Line Here if You Want to Make it in a 21st Century Economy,” and lastly, “Don’t be Afraid of POC in Media and Tech Who Have been Fueling Original Creative Thought All Along Here.”

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Alexis Ohanian: How to make a splash in social media. Considering effective social media use often translates to much better business and promotion, any advice on improving Facebooks, Twitters and blogs is extremely valuable (maybe even game-changing for some). Majora Carter: 3 stories of local eco-entrepreneurship.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2014

For this webinar, we were joined by Jennefer Witter, CEO and founder of the Boreland Group, and author of the new book, “The Little Book of Big PR: 100+ Quick Tips to Get Your Small Business Noticed.” Are you getting a lot of media placements? This is very important, because the next step is media relations.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 29, 2011

Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, Opsware Inc. Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, Opsware Inc. From there, the tour goes through Los Angeles, Seattle, Toronto, New York, Boston, Chicago, DC, and culminates back in San Francisco at the Commonwealth Club on September 27.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 8 Startup Founders Reveal Their #1 User Acquisition Tactic | Treehouse - [link]. If, Why, and How Founders Should Hire a “Professional” CEO | Reid Hoffman - [link].

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

“I didn’t set out to write a book but as we looked around the market for an operational playbook for sales, we couldn’t find one, so I tapped into my 20 years of sales experience and my network so that we could create a valuable resource for founders everywhere,” said Schwartzfarb. Denver, CO?—? 23: Chicago, IL?—? RSVP here Nov.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 18, 2013

My guest for this week’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Jason Fried, co-founder of 37 Signals (makers of Basecamp) and author of Remote: Office Not Required. Buffer , a social media start-up with a number of remote workers, posted this great advice on tools for remote work.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 19, 2019

Listing the co-founders initials and adding Realty would project the same old. I chose DevBev Co. Thanks to Devin Beverage, DevBev Co. ! #6- My co-founder and I came up with our company name by getting really drunk one night. Basically we charge 1% per side on a transaction instead of the normal 2.5%

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I gave him the same advice I give nearly all over-worked, control-freak, do-everything-yourself startup founders: “Your number one priority isn’t any of these things. There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder. It’s a very cool vibe at Founder’s Coop. I’m sure there’s much more.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 23, 2012

(We’ve looked) at how social media sites can be used as powerful networking tools for new college graduates, sharing our best picks for tips, tools, and more for Facebook , Twitter , and now, LinkedIn. These include those that are industry-based, like Young Professionals in Energy , and location-based, like Chicago Young Professionals.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 29, 2021

Both of our founders have struggled with mental health, and have found solace in counseling, journaling, and lots of self-reflection. A few years ago, I co-founded Cancer U, an online membership platform for cancer patients and caregivers. When you work with Twelve31 Media, you get a fresh start. Geiger, Twelve31 Media, LLC ! #21-

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 7, 2010

As consumer technology companies begin to get off the ground and make forecasts, there is the inevitable user adoption hockey stick that rockets the local user count to ridiculous heights with no market budget but significant “viral effects&# and “social media.&# com) and Chicago (Do312.com), com) and Chicago (Do312.com),

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Up and Running

APRIL 17, 2013

Google was a private company and their CEO and co-founder was visiting his and my alma mater in Ann Arbor, the University of Michigan, where I had just graduated a few months prior and was bumming around getting my own startup off the ground. Google Glass could eliminate the need for expensive camera equipment.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 20, 2018

MissHeard Media is a media and live event company that empowers and inspires tween and teen girls. The name MissHeard Media came as a group effort. Thanks to Lindsey Turnbull, MissHeard Media ! #2- 6- Using the idea of Chicago sports team colors. 1- Group effort. Photo Credit: Lindsey Turnbull.

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